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Steve Gatenby from Climalife UK discusses how electronic expansion valves can influence the energy efficiency of systems.
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s a Carel distributor, Climalife is seeing ever increasing demand for electronic expansion valves (EEVs) from customers in the UK due to their diverse use in the market place.
From use in brand new systems to use in the refrigerant conversion of existing systems, the Carel products are an ideal option for many businesses as they look to change to low GWP refrigerants. Regional Sales Manager, Steve Gatenby discusses…
Electronic expansion valves are widely used today in the world of refrigeration and air conditioning, acting to control the flow of refrigerant into an evaporator. They do this by responding to signals sent by an electronic controller which in turn controls a small motor which is then used in order to open and close the valve port.
One of the main advantages of an EEV is the energy saving available due to the ability to operate at low condensing pressures and allow precise superheat control. This in turn creates improved efficiency of the refrigeration cycle. The energy savings achieved by the use of an electronic expansion valve are due to a smooth and stable control of the system superheat. If this was to be viewed on a graph, superheat would look like a jagged sine wave and an electronic expansion valve along with its controller would help reduce the size of the peaks and troughs of the wave and can virtually eliminate them. As every peak and trough is an inefficiency in the system, having an EEV helps to increase a systems efficiency by decreasing the peaks and troughs.
Due to the wide range of operation at various 18 November 2020
Carel EVD Ice The solution Climalife have offered to many
of its customers utilises the Carel EVD Ice valve driver. It has a built-in display and is encapsulated to give dust and water protection to the latest regulations (IP65) allowing it to be fitted close to the valve, inside the end cover of a cooler or in a display cabinet. It makes it an ideal solution for retrofitting as modifications to the system control panels are not required. The Carel EVD Ice is a control solution for Carel’s E2V & E3V proportional electronic expansion valves. With the option for the addition of an Ultracap module which acts as a back up power source that can close the valve in the event of a total power failure, it eliminates
different pressures and the precision in terms of control, the use of an EEV allows for significant energy savings.
It has been proven that in commercial refrigeration and telecom control rooms, energy
savings of 15% can be achieved and improved to 20% when using an EEV valve together with a floating condensing pressure control. Similar energy savings can be achieved in all types of DX applications operating year-round.
the need for a liquid line solenoid valve. Currently over 40 refrigerants are supported on the EVD Ice including R448A, R449A, R454A, R455A, R32, R513A, CO2
and Hydrocarbons. The
setup is very straight forward with only four parameters needing to be set to get up and running; refrigerant, type of application, range of pressure transducer and the required control superheat.
For larger systems there are a number of different valves that utilise the EVD Evolution valve drivers which have all of the control features of the EVD ICE. There are a wide range of Carel products available for different equipment options in both new and retrofit systems.
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